Office 11 in beta
MonsieurEvil
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<div class="IPBDescription">The beginnings of open source...</div><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-962835.html" target="_blank">Office 11 in beta</a>
A very interesting read on the current beta of Office 11 (office 2002 aka 10 replacement). People who whine about the Window's monopoly scarcely murmur over MS Office's 90% market share (mostly because they are hypocrites - incidentally, it's the most popular 3rd party application for all Macintosh's). Here's a quote:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->With the greater use of XML in Office 11, customers may benefit from being able to generate XML documents that can be used with their own applications or those from other software developers. Microsoft could gain from XML services hooked to other products--such as .Net Server--that would extend Office's reach beyond the desktop.
Adoption of XML means that for the first time, companies would have the option of bypassing proprietary Office file formats used for more than a decade.
"It's a big risk for them," said Forrester Research analyst Ted Schadler. "They open up the file format, open up the data feed, open up the template format, and somebody can make a cheaper Office or a better Office. They're going to lose that lock on the file format they've had for 15 years."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--EDIT|MonsieurEvil|Oct. 22 2002,14:19-->
A very interesting read on the current beta of Office 11 (office 2002 aka 10 replacement). People who whine about the Window's monopoly scarcely murmur over MS Office's 90% market share (mostly because they are hypocrites - incidentally, it's the most popular 3rd party application for all Macintosh's). Here's a quote:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->With the greater use of XML in Office 11, customers may benefit from being able to generate XML documents that can be used with their own applications or those from other software developers. Microsoft could gain from XML services hooked to other products--such as .Net Server--that would extend Office's reach beyond the desktop.
Adoption of XML means that for the first time, companies would have the option of bypassing proprietary Office file formats used for more than a decade.
"It's a big risk for them," said Forrester Research analyst Ted Schadler. "They open up the file format, open up the data feed, open up the template format, and somebody can make a cheaper Office or a better Office. They're going to lose that lock on the file format they've had for 15 years."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--EDIT|MonsieurEvil|Oct. 22 2002,14:19-->
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Nice article btw MonsE